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I saw many females in Kimono's but was sad to see many Yukata's were the wrong way you cross them the wrong way to close it means a recent death in the family and no obi's tied correctly.

Sakura Con Day 2: still alive, loli girls, japanese punk and a Uke! Elizabeth McClung 2009

Then, in 1809, the abolitionist poet James Montgomery warned his fellow Britons of obi's power in his poem The West Indies:

Grave Dirt, Dried Toads, and the Blood of a Black Cat: How Aldridge Worked His Charms 2002

After all, the object of obi's healing practice was the obi bag, itself a symbol of brokenness and political power.

Grave Dirt, Dried Toads, and the Blood of a Black Cat: How Aldridge Worked His Charms 2002

Quacy had evidently internalized obi's medical power and financial benefits.

Grave Dirt, Dried Toads, and the Blood of a Black Cat: How Aldridge Worked His Charms 2002

You got to tell him you know what Larry, you're not Japanese, now you can live in your little Japanese designed house with its little perfect gardens and shit, and instead of a bathrobe you can wear those little obi's or whatever they're called, but that don't make you a Jap, frankly it just kinda makes you sad.

Here's to you, Terry Garnett, O master of revenge! O skillful manipulator of the press! 2007

Robert Renny wrote that obi's symptoms "arise from causes deeply rooted in the mind," and similarly, Dr. Adair reported to the Privy Council investigators in Antigua that obi was a "disease originating in a depraved Imagination" which could "suspend, and even destroy, the vital Powers" (Renny 192; Privy

Grave Dirt, Dried Toads, and the Blood of a Black Cat: How Aldridge Worked His Charms 2002